Deep Turtle have been one of those bands that people have always recommended that I check out, but for one reason or another I have never had a chance to actually get my hands on any of their releases, until now. I finally managed to get in touch with the Finnish label Zerga while we were working on getting the new CD from Finnish glitch/improv/prog crushers Kroko, and found out that they also had some copies of the 2003 mini-album from Deep Turtle, Turkele, still available! Very stoked that we finally got ahold of this, as Deep Turtle's crazy pop/prog/hardcore is everything I had hoped it would be. Their music is a heavy, super melodic mutant hardcore punk that moves from mega catchy and almost ska-like at times, to furious pummeling thrash, mixed up with jazzy musicianship, latin rhythms, hints of Eastern Eauropean folk music, and total symphonic prog experimentalism, with crazy complex drumming and powerful bass playing that often switches suddenly into a sort of ridiculously complex, stop/start punk-prog that reminds me of Ruins or Lightning Bolt. Deep Turtle are amazingly adept at combining their insane arrangements with total pop hooks that will glue themselves to your head. All of the lyrics/singing on this disc are in Spanish, which just adds to the weirdness. Seven songs in 23 minutes, highly recommended! Packaged in a full color wallet sleeve.